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WILLIAM KELLY, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,127, dated May 24, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM KELLY, of Hastings, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, have invented a certainvnew and useful Improvement in Churns, the con-y struction and operation of which I have described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings with sufficient clearness to enable competent and skilful workmen in the arts to which it pertains or is most nearly allied to make and use my invention.

My said invention consists in the combined construction and arrangement hereinafter described, that is to say: hanging a tub to a stationary frame by means of straps or hooks on the sides, having a slide partitioned through the center for the purpose of dividing it in two apartments, in each of which and jointed to the slide partition is a dasher having a connecting rod pivoted at one end in the middle of the dasher, the other end being pivoted to the stationary frame and imparting motion to the dashers b v the oscillation of the tub, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a sectional elevation through the frame, the near side of the tub being removed so as to show the internal arrangement. Fig. 2 is a plan of my improved churn. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the slide partition, the dashers being removed.

A A is a suitable frame supported on legs a ce and firmly secured together by cross pieces B B.

C is a tub made cylindrical below the center and flat on two sides and hung' in the frame to cross pieces A A by means of straps or hooks Z) Z) fastened on the fiat sides of the tub, and hooking on the studs c 0 in cross pieces A A.

D is a slide partition held centrally in grooves in the sides of the tub; on each side of the slide partition D, and about half way down the dashers E E are jointed, by means of journals l CZ made on the back end of the dashers and vibrating' in boxes f f attached to the slide partition D.

F F are connecting rods pivoted at one end in the center of the dashers E E, the other end hooking on the staples g g fastened midway between the side pieces A A in cross pieces B B.

h 7L h are openings at the bottom of the partition D to allow the cream to pass from one apartment to the other as the dashers are brought in contact with it by vibrations of the tub.

z' z' are `perforations in the dashers to admit air in contact with the cream; y' are also perforations running from the top of the slide partition D downward to the openings L h it for the purpose of allowing the air more effectually to mingle with the cream, thereby facilitating the operation of converting the cream into butter.

I is a cover having slots in it, for the connecting rods F F to work through.

G is a foot fastened on the bott-om of the tub, on which it rests when detached from the frame.

II II are handles fastened on the sides of the tub. l

The peculiar arrangement of the dashers with the tub, as it is vibrated causes t-he cream to be agitated and thrown forcibly toward the center of the tub, against the partition, and as the dasher draws near the partition, the spaoeis vacated by the cream passing out through the openings L 71, L in the partition D alternately from one apartment to the other.

By removing the cover I and unhooking the connecting rods E E the slide partition can be easily taken out; the tub can also be removed by raising it off the studs or bearings c c.

The particular improvement which constitutes my said invention and which I claim as having been originally and first invented by me is The combination of the dashers E E with the slide partition D, and connecting rods F F as described, the parts being so connected to the frame that the oscillations of the churn shall operate the dashers E E and force the cream against and through the slide partition, substantially as set forth;

not intending to claim the operation of the WILLIAM KELLY.

Witnesses R. B. WIGHTMAN, D. STRIKER. 

